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Zenith awards Bennelong fund highest rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
The Bennelong Twenty20 Australian Equities Fund has been awarded a 'Highly Recommended' rating by Zenith. The fund which has only been in operation since December 2015 also has a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec and is available on a number of platforms ...

AB fund awarded recommended rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Global asset manager AllianceBernstein's AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith. The fund mainly invests in shares listed on the ASX and is designed for equity investors seeking lower volatility, reduced ...

Improvements in ESG leadership: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
Seventy-one cents in every dollar invested in the ASX200 belongs to companies demonstrating "leading" standards when it comes to environmental, social and governance reporting. This is one of several key findings by the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

ETF survey offers chance to win $300 MYER voucher

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
Advisers and other intermediaries can win a $300 MYER gift voucher by completing the first annual Financial Standard Best Practice Exchange Traded Funds Forum survey. The survey is designed to help Financial Standard understand how ETFs are impacting ...

APN Property sells off $58m healthcare platform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
APN Property Group has sold off its healthcare real estate investment management platform for $58.5 million. NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (NorthWest) purchased the platform and will also buy units, at $2.20 each, in the ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Just like almost all other equity markets around the world, Australia's stock market took a beating from the United Kingdom's unexpected vote to leave the European Union (EU) at the referendum held on 23 June 2016. The All Ordinaries index dropped by ...

Cbus grows investment strategy team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
Cbus expanded its investment strategy team with the creation of a new senior equities research analyst role. Ramanan Sooriyakumar joins the $33 billion industry super fund from Goldman Sachs in Melbourne where he was an executive director and lead equities ...

BetaShares rolls out global sector ETF suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
BetaShares has launched the first exchange-traded fund product in its global sector ETF suite. The Global Energy Companies ETF, trading under the ASX code FUEL and hedged to the Australian dollar, provides exposure to the largest international energy ...

XTBs and SMAs a good match

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
Exchange traded bond units inside separately managed accounts are addressing previous investor portfolio inefficiencies and allowing a greater ability to deliver outcomes-based investment models. Australian Corporate Bond Company chief executive Richard ...

Retirees can't rely on "mediocre" large-caps: Montgomery

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
A portfolio of conventional blue chip stocks will only ever provide mediocre long-term returns given the constraints these companies are under, according to Montgomery Investment Management chair Roger Montgomery. In his new "Earning or Yearning?" whitepaper ...